Risk factors for pulmonary mycobacterial disease in south african gold miners: A case-control study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 94-99

  Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a   Churchyard, Gavin J ^b   Clayton, Tim ^b   Herselman, Philip ^b   Williams, Brian ^b   Hayes, Richard ^b   Mulder, Daan ^b   De Cock, Kevin M ^b  

^a Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032947593     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9803048     Document Type: Article

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